The Montgomery ladder is significantly simpler and more efficient on Montgomery 
curves than on short Weierstrass curves.

> On Jul 8, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Ron Garret <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> “Montgomery curves are attractive because of the ladder method of scalar 
> multiplication”
> 
> Is this actually true?  I was under the impression that the Montgomery ladder 
> was applicable to any kind of elliptic curve.  They just both happen to have 
> been invented by Peter Montgomery.
> 
> rg
> 
> On Jul 7, 2015, at 8:12 PM, Tony Arcieri <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>> I made this poster for the DEFCON Crypto and Privacy Village. It's intended 
>> for audiences of mixed ability levels:
>> 
>> https://i.imgur.com/hwbSRHh.png <https://i.imgur.com/hwbSRHh.png>
>> 
>> Would appreciate technical feedback on it. If you'd like to suggest copy 
>> changes, please consider design constraints (i.e. available room on the 
>> page).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tony Arcieri
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